nice huh?

It’s the title of my upcoming book, due out in August of this year. It even looks smart. Look at all the capital letters. And a colon too.

Even better, my name comes first on this one… That’s right, Drizin, Hundley. Not Hundley, Drizin. That bugged me. Yea, it’s petty. What of it?

Anyway I am still going through the data from my recently completed national benchmark and “shock” may be in line with my thoughts about the “Supervisor” data. Over the last decade I have seen the supervisors less and less engaged, however they still tended to more closely mirror the engagement of Senior Executives and Middle Managers. However, this year is different, and the implications for the future are ominous. In 2008, the Employee Hold’em National Benchmark revealed:

Executives/Senior Management         81% Fully Engaged, 12% Reluctant, 8% Unengaged

Middle Management                             49% Fully Engaged, 24% Reluctant, 27% Unengaged

Supervisors                                             35% Fully Engaged, 30% Reluctant, 35% Unengaged

Individual Contributors                         38% Fully Engaged, 26% Reluctant, 36% Unengaged

For the first time in a decade, every group other than senior leadership has a “Fully Engaged” level of less than 50%, and an Unengaged level of more than 25%.

Great way to end a weekend, huh?  Who is taking care of your shop for the next two days??